Stator & Actuator Manufacturing Engineer — Prototyping

Jobtailor; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor seeks a hands-on Stator Process Engineer to lead manufacturing process development for custom motors and actuators in San Francisco, CA. You will own tooling design, fixture creation, and end-to-end builds from concept through validation, partnering with design and test teams to ensure quality and manufacturability.

Expect to drive process validation, fixture and tool development, and continuous improvement while coordinating with suppliers and internal stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Experience developing or improving manufacturing processes, tooling, or electromechanical assemblies.
• Ability to explain owned engineering decisions and results.
• Hands-on troubleshooting with technicians, operators, and suppliers.
• Use measurements and experiments to distinguish part variation, tooling problems, process settings, and operator effects.
• Sound judgment when choosing equipment and automation based on production rate, flexibility, cost, safety, and maintainability.
• Ability to set practical build or development priorities and communicate blockers early.
• Ability to work across design, controls, test, quality, and operations.
• Experience with stacking, winding, termination, potting, or cure processes and winding or handling tooling.
• Experience with fixture design, CAD, manufacturing drawings, metrology, equipment commissioning, and repeatability studies.
• Experience with electromechanical assembly, build planning, parts readiness, inspection, rework, testing, and delivery of complete hardware builds.
• Motor, stator, actuator, or comparable electromechanical manufacturing experience.
• Experience with automated assembly, inline inspection, end-of-line testing, or equipment fault recovery.
• Familiarity with sensors, PLCs, I/O, or pneumatics.
• Experience with process capability, measurement-system studies, and structured experiments.
• Interest in using AI to simplify repetitive engineering work, with sound review of its outputs.
• Ability to work in person 5 days a week in San Francisco, CA.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of processes, tooling, and prototype builds for custom motors and actuators.
• Own a primary specialty as a Stator Process / Manufacturing Engineer, Tooling / Fixture Engineer, or Prototype Manufacturing Engineer.
• Take work from early development through validation and repeatable execution.
• Develop and validate stacking, winding, termination, and potting processes.
• Establish process parameters, work instructions, and defect controls.
• Design and deliver winding tools, assembly fixtures, inspection gauges, and bench equipment from CAD and drawings through fabrication, commissioning, and troubleshooting.
• Plan and execute actuator builds from parts readiness and work instructions through inspection, approved rework, testing, and delivery.
• Resolve supplier and process issues, track failed parts, and use labor and yield data to improve builds.
• Integrate and troubleshoot equipment, operator workflows, material flow, controls, and test interfaces.
• Resolve defects and bottlenecks through measurements and controlled trials.
• Demonstrate improvements in build time, repeatability, yield, and quality against acceptance criteria.
• Release process and tooling documentation, maintain revisions, and train technicians and operators.
• Collaborate with mechanical designers to improve manufacturability while preserving approved magnetic, electrical, and safety requirements.
• Own tooling designs and drawings and coordinate geometry, tolerance, and drawing changes with product-design owners.
• Work closely with mechanical, electromagnetic, electrical, test, quality, and supplier teams.

Skills

Stator Process Engineering

Tooling Design

Electromechanical Assembly

Process Validation

Fixture Design

CAD Design

Process Capability Studies

Automated Assembly

Technical Analysis

Troubleshooting

Tools

PLC

Sensors

I/O Systems

Pneumatics

Inspection Gauges

Job description

Jobtailor seeks a hands-on Stator Process Engineer to lead manufacturing process development for custom motors and actuators in San Francisco, CA. You will own tooling design, fixture creation, and end-to-end builds from concept through validation, partnering with design and test teams to ensure quality and manufacturability.

Expect to drive process validation, fixture and tool development, and continuous improvement while coordinating with suppliers and internal stakeholders.